How to install Gangster Legends

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Bellow is a small guide on how to setup your web server and then install Gangster Legends v2.

Programs Needed for this tutorial

1. A web browser
2. Filezilla

Table of contents

1. Setup Server
   1. Plesk
   2. cPanel
2. Upload Files
3. Install Gangster Legends V2
4. Install Gangster Legends Premium

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How to setup Plesk for Gangster Legends V2

To setup your Plesk server is pretty easy, all you need to do is create a FTP user and a database user. If you already have these you can skip this step and go to Step 2 - Upload Files

Creating a FTP User 

 From the overview page click on "FTP Access"

 Click on "Add an FTP Account"

 Enter in a username and password that you will use to log in as.

Saved these details for step 3 later. 

Creating a Database

 From the overview page click on "Databases"

 Click on "Add Database"

 Enter a name for the database as well as a username and password to log into that database.

Saved these details for step 3 later. 

Next Step > Upload Files

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How to setup cPanel for Gangster Legends V2

To setup your cPanel server is pretty easy, all you need to do is create a FTP user and a database user. If you already have these you can skip this step and go to Step 2 - Upload Files

Creating a FTP User 

 From the cPanel home page scroll down to the Files section and click on "FTP Accounts"

 Enter in a login name and password. Also make sure that the directory input box is empty.

 Make sure you keep a note of the login ID as you will need this later.

Saved these details for step 3 later. 

Creating a Database

 From the cPanel home page scroll down to the Databases section and click on "MySQL Databases"

 First we need to create a database, just give it a simple name i.e. gl

Once done click on "Go Back"

 Now we have a database we need to make a user that is able to log onto the database server.

Once done click on "Go Back"

 We now need to link the new user to the new database.

 Select "All Privileges" and then click on "Make Changes"

Saved the database name, username and password for step 3 later. 

Next Step > Upload Files

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How to Upload the files to your web server

First we need to download the Gangster Legends V2 game engine from here and extract the zip file on your local PC.

Now we have the files we need to upload them to our server, to do this we will use FTP. You can use any FTP client but for this tutorial we are using filezilla as it is cross platform compatible.

 Enter your FTP details in input boxes 1, 2 and 3

1. Host - This is usually your websites domain name i.e. yourgame.com
2. Username - This is the username that we created in step 1
3. Password - This is the password we created in step 1

 You may be prompted to verify the server certificate, if so select Always trust this certificate and OK.

 Now we are logged in double click on httpdocs (or public_html if you are using cPanel)

 Delete the index.html file

 Select all of the extracted Gangster Legends V2 files and drag them over to the server

 Once the file upload is complete go to your domain and you should see this installer.

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How to Install Gangster Legends V2

The installer is pretty easy to use, all you need is the database details that we made in step 1.

 Enter your database details and then click on Test Connection

1. Hostname - This is usually localhost or 127.0.0.1. Sometimes your hosting provider may give you a different database hosting URL so you may have to contact their support if the host does not respond.
2. Username - This is the Database username we created in step 1
3. Password  - This is the Database password we created in step 1
4. Database - This is the Database name we created in step 1

 Now the database is created we need to make the admin account

 Once the admin account has been created you can delete the installer.

 After 5 seconds you will be re-directed to your new game!

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How to Install Gangster Legends Premium

To install Gangster Legends Premium you need to have installed Gangster Legends V2 first, please follow steps 1 to 3 of this tutorial first.

Once you have that set up download Gangster Legends Premium form here.

 From your game scroll down to the bottom and click on the Admin Link

This link may be in a different location for your game

 Go to Modules & Themes > Module Manager

 Click on install Module

 Upload the zip file that you downloaded earlier from the Gangster Legends Premium page.

 Go down the list and de-activate any modules that are marked as installed.

These are modules that are shipped with the free version of Gangster Legends but are updated in the Premium version.

 Click on the "Extract All" button. You can extract them individually one at a time if you want.

 Click on the "Install All" button. You can install them individually one at a time if you want. 

 Once all the modules have been installed check the list of modules and make sure none failed.

  Gangster Legends Premium is now installed!